Outlook 2003 does not make a comeback

[Kenny Embry]

Okay, I just upgraded from XP to 2003 professional
(thanks to the educational discount) and am having
problems with Outlook, now. When I first invoke Outlook
at the beginning of the session, everything works great.
It takes a little longer to open than I'm used to, but no
biggie. I noticed, however, that Microsoft now puts an
Outlook icon in the lower right (where other memory
resident programs are), so that even if I close down
Outlook, that icon is there. Now here's the problem. If
I close down Outlook not the right hand memory resident,
but jsut the main program), and then try to reinvoke
Outlook, I get nothing. No error message, no blue
screen, but most importantly no Outlook. When I try
double clicking on the icon in the lower right, I get the
same effect (nothing). The hourglass pointer might come
up for a few seconds, but nothing. Finally, if I right
click on the Outlook icon in the lower right, it won't
allow me to close it, it just sits there, useless and
without purpose.

Does anybody have any ideas what would make this happen
and what I can do to fix it?

Thanks

Kenny

 

[Gayle]

I have the same problem--and then I have to restart in
order to bring it up again--see my message outlook failed
to start on May 12th at 8:23. Sound similar to you?

 

[Kenny Embry]

Almost the same...however I don't even get the courtesy
of an error message. Like you, though, Outlook is dead
in the water until I reboot. It works hunky dory until I
close it and try to start it up again.

Sounds like a Microsoft problem to me.

Kenny

 

[Gayle]

Kenny--I heard from someone else too--he said he finally
removed the program and reinstalled it and that solved his
problem. I will probably do that later today. That step
always makes me nervous--do you know what happens to the
files associated with the programs? To me, removing
Office 2003 seems like a big step. I am not very geeky.